Celebrating Life
in Every Moment
Rabbi Sarah Rubin
By caring for our soul we maintain our way.
Proverbs 16:17
Lifelong Learning: Education for Families, Children, and Adults
"It's by their questions that we choose our students, not only by their answers" (Rabbi in Yentl)
I have a breadth of experience creating and facilitating learning opportunities for all ages, both in and out of the classroom. My educational philosophy is influenced by my work as an archaeologist: I see the stratigraphic layers of text and tradition from generation to generation, showing an evolving relationship between Jews and the spiritual and physical worlds. I believe that ongoing learning with all of our senses helps to ground us in this world, while at the same time not being too attached to it.
Bar / Bat Mitzvah Prep:
youth and adult
I work closely with students to help them
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Prepare for reading, singing, chanting of prayers.
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Understand and use trope for chanting Torah and Haftarah.
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Develop ideas and write a drash or dvar Torah, speech or talk related to the B-Mitzvah's Torah reading and personal interests.
Writing as a Jewish Spiritual Practice
The written word has long been a tradition in Jewish circles. Writing functions as a spiritual practice on many levels. Whether private journal or published exegesis, ethical will, memoir, novel, philosophical treatise, biblical commentary - writing supports mindful living and provides a way of communicating spiritual experience and understanding to ourselves and/or to our communities.
Single or multi-session programs . . .
Adults, high school, grades 4 and up . . .
Other learning opportunities
Please contact me if you are interested in other programs. I have a variety of experience bringing Jewish connections to topics that connect to interests from Judaism in nature to traditional Talmud study, from mystical Kabbalah to practical Mussar, and more.